[OLPC_Boston] Kendall Sq 9PM TONIGHT: olpc/sugar MapMaking Jam - Philippines & eKindling! (Mch 6)

[Holt]

Join olpcMAP volunteer peops in person over snacks & drinks, if you 
arrive * ON TIME 9PM * tonight!!

     1 Cambridge Center, 10th Floor
     (directly above the Kendall Sq/MIT subway station on the Red Line!)

Ryan Letada (our guest speaker) just wrote up a great summary here, 
reminding you what to do if you want to win a free RED XO LAPTOP :)

     http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-nyc/2011-March/000145.html


> See you in [ JUST LESS THAN 8 HRS ] from now on the usual 
> number/channel below: http://twitter.com/olpc !  Don't forget to 
> submit your "Filipino Factoids" guesses in advance here, remembering 
> you do NOT need to answer all questions to win:
>
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ekindling/OlpcMAP_eKindling'sTrivia
>
> That is if you+family take exploring+mapmaking 
> http://olpcmap.net/?go=southeast_asia seriously in any way ;)
>
>
>     Organic community edutech growth is not a mere slogan in the
>     Philippines, thanks to Ryan Letada (Exec Director of eKindling)
>     bringing an exciting update for us this Sunday, explaining the
>     exceptional progress this community organization is building out. 
>     Remember: the Philippines practically invented the term "people
>     power" in 1986, during the Marcos-to-Aquino nonviolent revolution
>     -- exactly 25 years prior to the Arab World discovering the same:
>
>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Power_Revolution
>
>     Volunteers/projects globally will learn important insights from
>     these devoted Filipinos' experiences -- and directly get involved
>     if you too want to help them build civil society, starting right here:
>
>     http://olpcmap.net/?go=southeast_asia
>
>     Beyond eKindling's strongest volunteer successes you may already
>     know about:
>
>     http://educationkindling.wordpress.com
>     http://twitter.com/ekindling
>
>     Not to give away Ryan's entire talk (and "Filipino Factoids" you
>     will be asked to answer if you want to win a Red XO!) but going
>     forward, eKindling is in fact looking at integrating mapping into
>     its actual core curriculum, expanding upon the innovation in
>     Uganda's http://mapuganda.blogspot.com
>
>     /How refreshing that an entire country might take seriously the
>     idea we "Help kids everywhere map their world, at
>     http://olpcMAP.net !" interweaving deep in-school learning across
>     an entire country's cultural fabric./
>
>     Please join us Sunday March 6th, 9PM EST on the usual number to
>     find out more -- RSVP if possible!
>
>         +1 866 213-2185    or    +1 609 454-9914
>         Access Code: 1671650#
>
>     Live Chat Backchannel:
>
>     http://forum.laptop.org/chat
>         (that's #olpc-help on irc.freenode.net)
>
>     --
>     Help kids everywhere map their world, athttp://olpcMAP.net  !
>

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Help kids everywhere map their world, at http://olpcMAP.net !

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